When Your Mother’s Love Is Toxic, Is It Really Love?
They say a mother's love is unconditional. That’s what they say at least. But my mother's love, if you’ll even…
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They say a mother's love is unconditional. That’s what they say at least. But my mother's love, if you’ll even…
Continue ReadingMy eyes would tear up two minutes after my mom left from helping me recover from chemo. She came up…
Continue ReadingIt’s so utterly destructive. It’ll knock the wind—no the very oxygen—out of your sails. It’s nauseating. Conflicting. Terrifying. And so…
Continue ReadingI wish I had a mom sometimes. I'm sorry, I think that sounds a little insensitive of me. I mean,…
Continue ReadingThe kind of mother I was at 32 was a strong, single, independent, provider type. I was a tradeswoman. I…
Continue ReadingOftentimes, people wonder how different their lives would be if they hadn’t met a certain someone. If they hadn’t gotten…
Continue ReadingI was online, searching old Amazon orders for a part we’d bought for our 1998 Buick Regal. The car was…
Continue ReadingI’m on a path in life that is so different from what I ever imagined growing up. It’s a path…
Continue ReadingTwo and a half years ago, with tears in my eyes, an ache in my heart, and an eight-month pregnant…
Continue ReadingDear future daughter-in-law, My son loves you enough to want to spend the rest of his life with you. That’s…
Continue ReadingDear Mom, I never got the chance to appreciate you as a mother. There was so much life still to…
Continue ReadingIt’s OK to grieve your absent parents while they’re still alive. I see so many articles or well-meaning posts from…
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